Introduction to the Heart Sutra Stele in Cursive Script: The Heart Sutra in Cursive Script is the only single calligraphy work preserved among Wu Zhen’s works. The original work is now in the Forbidden City in Beijing. The full name of "Heart Sutra" is "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra". It is one of the Buddhist classics. The Heart Sutra has a total of thirty-nine columns and 278 characters in cursive script. A typical calligraphy work that reflects the thought of "emptiness" and cultivates one's temperament. Next to his Heart Sutra in cursive script, Qian Yue recorded the origin of this stone carving. This work was originally hidden by Liu Yong in Yijinzhai, and later in Emperor Qianlong's study room. At that time, Qian Yue was serving as Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He worked in the Shangshufang and served around Qianlong every day. He got a glimpse of the secret volume in it. Because Yue was in the same place as the Taoist Meihua Taoist, he saw the gift, so Yue was able to return to his hometown with this volume. , and asked someone to imitate the stone and place it in Meihua Temple.

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